Bahrain vs Canada - Friday, November 11th - 10:30am EST / 7:30am Pacific - Isa Town, Bahrain

[footballfreak]

Looks like Akinola established position and the Bahraini just ran into him. Lol

[SpursFlu]

Thumbs up Kone, Fraser, ZBG

[dyslexic nam]

We are looking threatening.  Some of the MLS youth are showing well since the subs.  

[Craig11rm]

I’m just happy to see Oso go for 90+ min.

[VinceA]

Nelson in the midfield is spicy.

[gator]

Just now, SpursFlu said:

Thumbs up Kone, Fraser, ZBG

I would add Osorio to that list, glad to see he's back and I thought he did fairly well, some nice passes!

[dyslexic nam]

Just now, Craig11rm said:

I’m just happy to see Oso go for 90+ min.

Yeah, result aside, that is a big friggin deal.  He is a huge part of our midfield.   

[SpursFlu]

Just now, gator said:

I would add Osorio to that list, glad to see he's back and I thought he did fairly well, some nice passes!

Yah I'd agree. Didn't have a fantastic game but all things considered he looked comfortable 

I though Piette was also ok

[frmr]

Fuck me this has been awful. Oh well.

[Jack1997]

Not that it really matters but will that effect our fifa ranking?

[vancanman]

6 hours ago, InglewoodJack said:

I’m just saying, it isn’t like we roll out the red carpet when our opponents come to our home turf. 

Actually, we do usually.  Other than those two games in Edmonton, when have ever actually taken advantage of our climate?

Since we don't throw bags of piss at the opposition, or pull the fire alarms in at midnight in their hotels, it's about time we took advantage of our climate.  Back in the days when we were playing qualifiers at Swangard in front of 5,000 people, most of them supporting the other country, the visitors were allowed to train at Swangard, and we weren't.  Trinidad's in town?  Let's hire a steel drum band to welcome them.

Edited November 11, 2022 by vancanman
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[Aird25]

4 minutes ago, Shway said:

this. Has looked better than Waterman imo.

It probably helps that he’s not being played out of position, and he wasn’t brought in unexpectedly on very short notice

Edited November 11, 2022 by Aird25

[Unnamed Trialist]

Conclusion: Kone man of the match for Canada.

Osorio got his minutes, and Piette held up correctly. The rest of the MLS guys got some game pace. 

All were acceptable, except maybe Waterman and Kaye. And Ayo, who is nowhere near anyways.

St. Clair likely is not as good as Crepeau, and a much clearer step down from Borjan than Maxime.

Henry "didn't play" his way onto the team. 

 

Edited November 11, 2022 by Unnamed Trialist

[frmr]

Just now, Jack1997 said:

Not that it really matters but will that effect our fifa ranking?

Yes, we'll lose points.

[Kadenge]

34 minutes ago, sebdeserio said:

If Miller is injured we have 0 options at left cb. 

Cornelius

[gator]

I am glad we at least equalized, it would have been dissapointing to lose this regardless of roster and conditions, potentially losing 2 CB's may be more of an issue! 

[Stoppage Time]

13 minutes ago, gator said:

Get in Cavalini!

Made possible a few touches prior when Fraser busted his gut to recover the ball after he gave the ball away with a bad pass.

[vancanman]

Yikes.  What's all this at the end?

[A.D.I.D.A.S.]

The heck are Laryea and Oso arguing to the refs about?

[king1010]

Whats going on with the officials. Its a B friendly. Walk off the pitch

[frmr]

Lol what the fuck is going on.

[Corazon]

Just now, A.D.I.D.A.S. said:

The heck are Laryea and Oso arguing to the refs about?

Laryea & Fraser.  Osorio was pulling Laryea back.

[VinceA]

Still don't see Fraser on this team. He may be better than Kaye but between the two I think Herdman stays with MAK. He's also not going to be ahead of Wotherspoon.

[WestHamCanadianinOxford]

Richie trying to injure Oso?

[jonovision]

Most of the discouraging aspects of this match have to do with players that aren't likely to have a starting role in Qatar. Kaye, Piette, Waterman, Laryea. The one big exception to that is the overall defensive performance where the team suffered massively from the absence of the two guys that organize the back line, Borjan and Vitoria, and missed out on Henry in the same way.

The positives are Kone (he's ready), Osorio playing 90. ZBG and a few of the other bench cameos were also decent, but not really the kind of thing worth drawing conclusions about.